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OCTOBER 2011 EVENTS AT WAC SPECIAL EVENT - NJ IDOL

THE WATCHUNG ARTS CENTER IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE OCTOBER 2011 LINE-UP INCLUDING A SPECIAL EVENT - 2011 VOCAL COMPETITION the

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Coming soon is the exhibition of UNIQUE VISION WORKSHOP and ROSS WAGNER

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JUNE PERFORMANCES AT WAC!

FRIDAY, MARCH 25 at 8 p.m. - MARTY EIGEN'S BEACON HILL JAZZ BAND

SATURDAY, MARCH 26 at 8 p.m. - MARK CONKLIN AND FRIENDS

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEKEND AT THE CENTER!

 DON'T MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME SPRING WITH LAUGHTER AND SONG~

 

FOR MORE DETAILS OR TO ORDER TICKETS ONLINE
VISIT   http://watchungarts.org/

GOSPEL NIGHT AT WAC...

GOSPEL NIGHT AT THE CENTER Featuring TROY BRIGHT of the Kurt Carr Singers Saturday, February 19, 8 p.m Tickets:  $18, $16 members, and $8 students Come experience a night of inspiration with gospel vocalist Troy Bright of the Kurt Carr singers, accompanied by his six-member choir and four-piece band. Troy Bright is a New Jersey native by way of Chicago, Illinois. For many years, he served as Minister of Music at Faith Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, where his father was the Pastor and founder. Since then, Troy has operated as musical director for many music ministries and groups. Troy is a member of the epic ensemble, the Kurt Carr Singers, and is a featured soloist on Kurt Carr’s most recent CDs, “Awesome Wonder,” “One Church” and “Just the Beginning.” His talent has afforded him the opportunity to sing for and record with other music greats, including Donnie McKlurkin, Donald Lawrence, Karen Clark Sheard, Tramaine Hawkins, Bishop Paul Morton, Marvin Sapp, J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise, Celine Dion and Kenny Lattimore. Link to my website The Center which has been presenting a wide-variety of art exhibitions, classes and performances is open to members and the general public. Tickets can be purchased in advance online or by check (made payable to Watchung Arts Center) and mailed to the Center with your name and number of tickets. Tickets can also be purchased at the door by check or cash however seating is limited.

ZOE MULFORD TO PERFORM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 at 8 PM AS PART OF THE POWERFUL WOMEN OF SONG SERIES AT WAC

Zoë Mulford, an award-winning transatlantic singer-songwriter, guitarist and banjo picker, grew up near Philadelphia but has lived in Manchester, England for the past several years. She has been described as “a brilliant, highly original songwriter who delivers her music with warmth, sincerity and a bit of a twinkle” by Rich Warren, host of “Midnight Special” and “FolkStage” on Chicago’s WFMT-FM.

Mulford pens short story-like songs that are evocative, well-crafted and endlessly varied. Whether focusing on a doomed polar expedition, drivers on I-95, wayward ghosts, practitioners of love against the odds, or the contents of her own refrigerator, Mulford’s vivid storytelling, engaging stage presence and down-to-earth humor promise listeners an enjoyable evening. Her lyrics are “intelligent, thought-provoking, and so warm that they demand that you get to know this person better” says Bob Gramann, host of the Fredericksburg Songwriters Showcase in Virginia. Backing her clear voice with acoustic guitar or claw hammer banjo, Mulford intersperses her own songs with selections from the music that inspires them — American and British folk ballads, old-time banjo tunes, and the work of songwriters ranging from George Gershwin to Richard Thompson.

As Phil Shapiro, host of “Bound for Glory” on WVBR-FM in Ithaca, NY, puts it, “Zoe’s a fine and whimsical singer-songwriter, alternatively powerful and funny… You’ll find her to be just plain delightful.”

Tickets are $16 online at zoemulford.eventbrite.com, $21 at the door.

BENEFIT STAGE PERFORMANCE AT WAC

PURCHASE TICKETS NOW FOR THIS SPECTACULAR ONE WOMEN PERFORMANCE! ALL TICKETS PURCHASED FOR THE FEBRUARY SHOW WILL BE HONORED ON JUNE 11 at 8 PM

KRISTIN ACE in "You CAN get there from here..."

RESCHEDULED - FRIDAY, JUNE 11, AT 8 PM

A night for friends, family, or that special someone!

Kristin Ace was a professional actress since obtaining her BFA in college and a member of Actors Equity. After the birth of her first child she walked away from her acting career to be a stay at home mother. At that time, stories began circulating in her head and with the birth of her second child, and great encouragement from her husband, she wrote those stories down. Thus, began her new career as storyteller, a gift that she honed through the years of life's ups and downs. She performed her first one-woman storytelling show for several years in many different venues along the East Coast.

"You CAN get there from here..." is Ace's second one-woman storytelling show and she is delighted to present it at the Watchung Arts Center as a benefit.

You CAN get there from here...

"Look out, there are man-eating pygmies in those woods!" With a warning like that from her older brothers when she was five, it's no wonder Kristin Ace fears getting lost. Coupled with being directionally challenged, getting from here to there rarely follows a straight line. But then, as Kristin explains through her journey of one hilarious mishap after another, guidance comes from unlikely and unexpected sources. So that even when you are lost on a wooded mountain at night, with pygmies possibly lurking behind every tree, you will always be able to get here from here.

Tickets are $15. Call about our group rates for 15 or more...visit http://www.watchungarts.org/ or call 908-753-0190 for more information.

The Watchung Arts Center serves not only Watchung, Long Hill Township, Berkeley Heights, New Providence, Warren, Green Brook, North Plainfield but sister communities and beyond....."Keeping the Arts Alive in New Jersey!"

Idgy Vaughn takes the Stage for Powerful Women of Song Series

IDGY VAUGHN AT WAC ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 at 8 PM

Idgy Vaughn's life sounds like a Soap Opera, "stirring and unbelievable". A single mother, she was a truck stop waitress in Buda, Texas when she met a customer who had won the lottery; he loaned her the money to record her full-length debut, Origin Story.

Vaughn is a singer-songwriter who doesn't fit into one mold but manages to stack "folk," "country," and "rock" into a mountain of sound to showcase her sad songs laced with humor, her catchy, silly songs, and her gut-wrenching songs that pull at your heart - all delivered by a beautiful voice and a personality that will throw the audience off their guard and knock them flat.

Tickets are $18 online and $21 at the door. Follow the link at http://www.watchungarts.org/ to purchase them online or for more information.